World leaders intensify diplomatic efforts to defuse Ukraine standoff

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After hosting the French president in Moscow, Russia's Vladimir Putin said some of Macron's ideas could form a basis for further joint steps toward de-escalating the Ukraine standoff.

US President Joe Biden has said there is no chance of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project going should Russia mount an offensive. Chancellor Olaf Scholz, on his first White House visit in office, was more guarded.